# Under The Western Empire You Get Punished For Having A Conscience

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Podcast: [JOHNSTONE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/johnstone-939221)
Published: 2026-06-13T02:18:32+00:00
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It's a war on the human conscience. Sentencing anti-genocide activists as terrorists. Working to deport mainstream foreign policy experts for criticizing an American war. They're actually punishing people for not acting like sociopaths. Reading by Tim Foley.

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